tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post3307225004644902223..comments2023-12-27T22:36:01.407-06:00Comments on Anna's Clue Tank: Waging TerrorAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-28463789107072740332008-08-21T05:58:00.000-05:002008-08-21T05:58:00.000-05:00Considering how NATO bleated and merely cut off ta...Considering how NATO bleated and merely cut off talks with Russia, seems Old Europe does not have the guts to stand up to the Bear. So they ignore the trouble brewing like they have before. So as you say the cost will be higher later on.<BR/><BR/>I seem to remember an old Soviet adage: Charge forward with bayonets and if you encounter butter, keep charging forward. If you hit steel, then stop.<BR/><BR/>NATO/EU are butter melting away from the Russian bayonet.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-71445295603994791452008-08-18T22:55:00.000-05:002008-08-18T22:55:00.000-05:00If true, the placement of SS-21s is an ominous sig...If true, the placement of SS-21s is an ominous sign.<BR/><BR/>Does it mean that the Russians intend to stay in Georgia in some greater military capacity than they had up until their invasion?<BR/><BR/>Condi Rice is talking tough to our NATO allies, who are clearly more affected by potential oil and gas disruptions than we are.<BR/><BR/>But do our European allies in what Rumsfeld called "old Europe" have the stomach to stand up to Putin?<BR/><BR/>If they fail to do so now, they will have to do so later and the cost will be much higher.Mike's Americahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262938295909490454noreply@blogger.com